After 104 days of war, West Asia may finally be moving toward peace. On June 11, President Trump announced that he had cancelled the strikes planned against Iran that evening. His reason: the deal had been “brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.” He said the signing...
Most Indians have no idea how close we are sitting to a real shock. Since early March, the Strait of Hormuz has been shut for all practical purposes. This is a narrow stretch of sea between Iran and Oman. It is small. But almost half of India’s crude oil, more...
Most Indians may never have heard of China’s remote Hami desert region in Xinjiang. Yet what is being built there could have long-term implications for India’s security and strategic future. At first glance, this is primarily a US-China story. Two global powers are adjusting their nuclear deterrence strategies and preparing...
Somewhere in Rajasthan, a family is looking at a cancelled exam notice for the third year in a row. Somewhere in Maharashtra, a farmer is standing in his orchard watching ruined Alphonso mangoes fall from trees that could not handle the extreme heat. And in a government press briefing, an...
Let’s be honest about what is happening this weekend. America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has flown all the way to India. He visited Kolkata, took a tour of the Taj Mahal in Agra, walked through the palaces of Jaipur, and is now in New Delhi for a...
You wake up every morning, go to work, file your ITR honestly, and watch 30 percent of your income disappear before it even hits your account. Meanwhile, the farmer-turned-politician sitting on 40 acres of “agricultural land” in Lutyens’ Delhi pays zero income tax. The BCCI earns over Rs 13,000 crore...
When the ruling party and the opposition agree that trouble is coming, it is time to stop scrolling and start paying attention. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking to the Indian diaspora in the Netherlands just days ago, warned that decades of progress against poverty stood at serious risk if cascading...
The Helle Lyng episode is not about Modi. It is about what happens when inconvenient questions find no answer and an uncomfortable mirror. It started with nine words shouted across a hall in Oslo. During a joint press statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr...
The guns are quieter. The diplomats are louder. And nobody — not Trump, not Netanyahu, not Tehran — is telling you the full truth. It started with assassinations disguised as airstrikes. On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched “Operation Epic Fury” — a coordinated blitz on Iran...
There are days when history does not wait for you to catch up. Today is one of them. By 8:00 PM Eastern Time tonight (5:30 AM IST Wednesday), either Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz or the United States and Israel bomb its power plants, bridges, and energy infrastructure into...
